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     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
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Suppressed cellular alloimmune responses in HIV-exposed seronegative female sex workers.
Jennes W, Evertse D, Borget MY, et al  
Clin Exp Immunol. 2006 Mar;143(3):435-444
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Kenyan sex workers key to AIDS vaccine?
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CMAJ  April 29, 2003; 168 (9)
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HIV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, HLA-A11, and chemokine-related factors may act
synergistically to determine HIV resistance in CCR5 delta32-negative female sex workers in 
Chiang Rai, northern Thailand.
Sriwanthana B, Hodge T, Mastro TD, et al.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2001 May
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Human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 (HIV-1) plasma virus load and markers of immune
activation among HIV-infected female sex workers with sexually transmitted diseases in
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
Nkengasong JN, Kestens L, Ghys PD, et al.
J Infect Dis 2001 May 1;183(9):1405-8
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No difference in in vitro susceptibility to HIV type 1 between high-risk HIV-negative Ethiopian
commercial sex workers and low-risk control subjects.
Messele T, Rinke de Wit TF, et al.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2001 Mar 20;17(5):433-41
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Sequence and peptide-binding motif for a variant of HLA-A*0214 (A*02142) in an HIV-1-resistant
individual from the Nairobi Sex Worker cohort.
Luscher MA, MacDonald KS, Bwayo JJ,
Immunogenetics 2001 Feb;53(1):10-4
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  Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Identification of major HLA haplotypes in kindred of Pumwani sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya
Bielawny T., Kimani J., Ball B., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
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Associations of HLA-DRB alleles with resistance/susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in the Pumwani
sex worker cohort
Lacap P., Huntington J., Luo M., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
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Trappin-2: discovery of a novel inhibitor of HIV highly elevated in HIV-resistant sex workers
Iqbal S., Ball T., Ao Z., Maranan L., et al
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
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